Hi,

again, a new month starts with a new version (no April fool)!


As always, you can download LDPE from this page:
http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:
(4 new features and 6 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...use a keyboard shortcut (F) to Flip/Rotate vertices.
  
• ...use Ytruder.
  
• ...see that the menu bar tools button became a normal sized "Tools..." button (was a tiny arrow).
  
• ...see the triples of "protractor" and "distance" as well as the color digit colored.
  

1. It was not possible to set the length of the protractor.
   
2. "Flip/rotate vertices" transformed protractors into triangles and distance meters into lines.
   
3. Wrong transparency calculation for transparent PNG textures (!TEXMAP)
   
4. One search path was missing (!TEXMAP parser)
   
5. Wrong "Circular reference" error on subfiles in combination with !TEXMAP
   
6. All axes were enabled if you used the "Translate..." feature (X/Y/Z)
   

1. Download the zip-Archive
   
2. Extract the archive content to the location of your choice
   
3. On windows, double-click "run.bat" to start LDPE.
   
4. On linux, you have to excecute the shell script "run.sh" to start LDPE.
   

1. On windows, double-click "update.bat" to search for updates.
   
2. On linux, you have to excecute the shell script "update.sh".
   

• 64-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
  
• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  
• Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  
• RAM: 4GB
  
• Video-Memory: 1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 100 MB
  

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10, Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4]
  
• OpenGL 3.3 compatible Graphics Card
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  
• RAM: >4 GB
  
• Video-Memory: >1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 512 MB
  
• For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on a SSD.
  

Verifying the forum is up and running...

Hello,

Hopefully I'm in the right topic. 

I've been having fun creating my MOC design with stud.io, LDraw, and LDD. But I've always wondered: Is there a lego program out there that will mirror a model? 

In my design, I have many symmetrical parts, so this would definitely be cool

-Luis

Hello,

I made a post about this a day or two ago and the replies were very helpful. However, I tried posting again after I thought the problem was resolved, but no reply. So, I thought I'd make this post to help settle the issue.

For some reason (as previously stated), LDD on my PC can't convert .lxf to .ldr, which is very frustrating, since I can't find anyone online with a similar problem 

I contacted LDD customer support, but they couldn't solve the problem. I also downloaded the Digital-Bricks LDD to LDraw file converter, but that didn't work. (I think it might be outdated). 

Is there any way to troubleshoot this? Are there any sites or programs that can convert .lxf to .ldr?

I don't think posting zip files will be useful since I have about seven LDD project files to export. 

Anyway, thanks in advance for the help   

- Luis

I want to integrate auto-recovery features (for your unsaved work) into LDPartEditor.
What are your thoughts on this topic?

I want to integrate a help system / context sensitive help into LDPartEditor.
What are your thoughts on this topic?

I know this is not a LDD forum, but could prove useful nonetheless... (https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-22124-po...l#pid24950)

Hi all,

Wondering if anyone has the time to add this, or if it already has been?  https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...1#T=C&C=11

Thanks!
Mike

Hello,

I am new to this community and to LDraw, MLCAD, etc.

I downloaded both the LDraw complete installer and LDD. I am trying to convert my design on LDD (.lxf) to MLCAD (.ldr), I think. However, when I do this, LDD gives me an error message: "Warning: Unable to export model" 

I am confused as to why I can't export the LDD model to MLCAD. Any help is greatly appreciated. 

LDD file attached. (Hopefully I did it right and it works).

Thanks! 

This part

is now present at the Part Tracker, but the TEXMAP pattern is not visible from behind, when I use it in LDCad, on a transparent part.


Is it possible to combine a TEXMAP pattern with a BFC NOCLIP ?
If so, how should a correct file syntax look like?